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Ecological release exposes genetically based niche variation by Emery, Nancy C, Ackerly, D. D, Maherali, Hafiz

“…The evolutionary trajectories of ecological niches have profound impacts on community, population and speciation dynamics, yet the underlying causes of niche…”
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Demographic responses of hybridizing cinquefoils to changing climate in the Colorado Rocky Mountains by Carscadden, Kelly A., Doak, Daniel F., Oldfather, Meagan F., Emery, Nancy C.

“…Hybridization between taxa generates new pools of genetic variation that can lead to different environmental responses and demographic trajectories over time…”
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Ecological Limits and Fitness Consequences of Cross-Gradient Pollen Movement in Lasthenia fremontii by Emery, Nancy C.

“…The interaction between gene flow and environmental heterogeneity plays a key role in shaping the distribution patterns that we observe in natural populations…”
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The joint evolution of traits and habitat: ontogenetic shifts in leaf morphology and wetland specialization in Lasthenia by Forrestel, Elisabeth J., Ackerly, David D., Emery, Nancy C.

“…The interplay between functional traits and habitat associations drives species' evolutionary responses to environmental heterogeneity, including processes…”
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Integrative cartilage repair using acellular allografts for engineered structure and surface lubrication in vivo by Barthold, Jeanne E., Cai, Luyao, McCreery, Kaitlin P., Fischenich, Kristine M., Eckstein, Kevin N., Ferguson, Virginia L., Emery, Nancy C., Breur, Gert, Neu, Corey P.

“…The repair of articular cartilage after damage is challenging, and decellularized tissue offers a possible treatment option to promote regeneration. Here, we…”
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The zonal evolution of collagen-network morphology quantified in early osteoarthritic grades of human cartilage by Szarek, Phoebe, Lilledahl, Magnus B., Emery, Nancy C., Lewis, Courtland G., Pierce, David M.

“…We aimed to directly quantify the zone-specific evolution in morphology of collagen fibers and networks in human cartilage during the progression of early…”
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Asynchronous Life Histories Generate Uneven Arms Races and Impact the Maintenance of Mutualisms by Westmoreland, Aaron, Emery, Nancy C

“…AbstractMutualisms constitute a diverse class of ecologically important interactions, yet their ecological and evolutionary stability remain topics of debate…”
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Facilitative and competitive interaction components among New England salt marsh plants by Bruno, John F, Rand, Tatyana A, Emery, Nancy C, Bertness, Mark D

“…Intra- and interspecific interactions can be broken down into facilitative and competitive components. The net interaction between two organisms is simply the…”
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Genome-wide SNP discovery in the annual herb, Lasthenia fremontii (Asteraceae): genetic resources for the conservation and restoration of a California vernal pool endemic by Torres-Martínez, Lorena, Emery, Nancy C.

“…California vernal pool (VP) ecosystems support a diverse community of endemic plants that are threatened by multiple anthropogenic pressures, generating a need…”
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Range edges in heterogeneous landscapes: Integrating geographic scale and climate complexity into range dynamics by Oldfather, Meagan F., Kling, Matthew M., Sheth, Seema N., Emery, Nancy C., Ackerly, David D.

“…The impacts of climate change have re‐energized interest in understanding the role of climate in setting species geographic range edges. Despite the strong…”
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Draining the Swamping Hypothesis: Little Evidence that Gene Flow Reduces Fitness at Range Edges by Kottler, Ezra J., Dickman, Erin E., Sexton, Jason P., Emery, Nancy C., Franks, Steven J.

“…The genetic swamping hypothesis proposes that gene flow from central to peripheral populations inhibits local adaptation and is one of the most widely…”
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Comparative analysis of complete chloroplast genome sequence and inversion variation in Lasthenia burkei (Madieae, Asteraceae) by Walker, Joseph F, Zanis, Michael J, Emery, Nancy C

“…• Premise of the study: Complete chloroplast genome studies can help resolve relationships among large, complex plant lineages such as Asteraceae. We present…”
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Spatiotemporal heterogeneity in precipitation patterns explain population-level germination strategies in an edaphic specialist by Torres-Martínez, Lorena, Weldy, Phillip, Levy, Morris, Emery, Nancy C.

“…Many locally endemic species in biodiversity hotspots are restricted to edaphic conditions that are fixed in the landscape, limiting their potential to track…”
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Habitat filtering not dispersal limitation shapes oceanic island floras: species assembly of the Galápagos archipelago by Carvajal‐Endara, Sofía, Hendry, Andrew P., Emery, Nancy C., Davies, T. Jonathan, Regan, Helen

“…Remote locations, such as oceanic islands, typically harbour relatively few species, some of which go on to generate endemic radiations. Species colonising…”
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Spatial Gradients of Quantitative MRI as Biomarkers for Early Detection of Osteoarthritis: Data From Human Explants and the Osteoarthritis Initiative by Wilson, Robert L., Emery, Nancy C., Pierce, David M., Neu, Corey P.

“…Background Healthy articular cartilage presents structural gradients defined by distinct zonal patterns through the thickness, which may be disrupted in the…”
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Temporal variability and predictability predict alpine plant community composition and distribution patterns by Reed, William J, Westmoreland, Aaron J, Suding, Katharine N, Doak, Daniel F, Bowman, William D, Emery, Nancy C

“…One of the most reliable features of natural systems is that they change through time. Theory predicts that temporally fluctuating conditions shape community…”
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Functional trait differences and the outcome of community assembly: an experimental test with vernal pool annual plants by Kraft, Nathan J. B, Crutsinger, Gregory M, Forrestel, Elisabeth J, Emery, Nancy C

“…Functional trait‐based approaches have seen rapid development in community ecology and biogeography in recent years, as they promise to offer a better…”
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Do seed dispersal strategies reflect adaptation to environmental variability? by Van Den Elzen, Courtney L., Sigman, Nathan, Emery, Nancy C.

“…Dispersal is one of the primary mechanisms by which organisms adapt to spatial and temporal variation in the environment. Theory predicts that increasing…”
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Evolution of plant materials for ecological restoration: insights from the applied and basic literature by Espeland, Erin K., Emery, Nancy C., Mercer, Kristin L., Woolbright, Scott A., Kettenring, Karin M., Gepts, Paul, Etterson, Julie R.

“…1. Restoration is normally conducted with the goal of creating plant populations that establish, survive, successfully reproduce, contribute to ecosystem…”
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Sources of inversion variation in the small single copy (SSC) region of chloroplast genomes by Walker, Joseph F., Jansen, Robert K., Zanis, Michael J., Emery, Nancy C.

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